How y'all doing in NC? Elsewhere? Everyone okay? nt

[gateley]

[mmonk]

1. Fine.

A cakewalk compared to others we have endured.

[Jamastiene]

4. The way they were talking,

at least the national news and meteorologists, this could have matched Hugo. I'm glad it did not. Hugo was a total jerk.

[yardwork]

10. The potential for flooding in the eastern counties was worrisome.

I read that New Bern had some emergency evacuations early this morning.

[mmonk]

11. It is where rivers converge before going into the sound.

That is why I suspect my waterfront lot there is flooded. It has a 40 ft offset and homes there have to be built 11 ft in the air (at Fairfield Harbor).

[yardwork]

15. I hope that the water doesn't get into your house. Post and let us know when you can get down there.

[mmonk]

22. Actually, I think I've miscalculated. My offset is longer.

I'm sure the pier and dock is submerged.

[mmonk]

23. Fairfield Harbor

http://www.hoatown.com/fhpoa2/

[Lisa0825]

51. My sister lives in Fairfield Harbor, a few blocks from the waterfront.

Are you there now? Do you have any info on how the area is doing?

[mmonk]

53. Sorry I've been away. I'm currently in Raleigh.

I hear a lot of flooding off the Neuse and the Trent. My property there is on Northwest Creek. I hope to have more information later. Sorry I don't have further details at the moment.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. some wind, some rain, a few hours of no power - ground my coffee with a mortar and pestle this AM!

We are fine in Raleigh - pretty rough east of here. new path is bad news for entire outer banks.

[gateley]

27. I lived in Clayton for a few years and that's about what we'd get, too.

I think that's so cool about the mortar and pestle! :rofl:

[mmonk]

30. How long ago did you live in Clayton?

[gateley]

35. From 2001 to 2008. I experienced some stormy effects of hurricanes,

the most spectacular lightning I've ever seen in my life, and my first ice storm that ground everything to a halt (but it was beautiful!). Are you in Clayton?

ETA: Just checked, you're in Raleigh, not Johnston County (of which the denizens were so proud!) :hi:

[mmonk]

36. Ah. You missed the one that went through Raleigh, Fran.

I lost much of my landscaping (trees) in that one. I'm in Raleigh. Grew up in Zebulon. We had a house on Atlantic Beach when I was young.

[gateley]

38. I sure heard stories about Fran! Amazing!

When I was going to move down there I wanted to live in Zebulon, just because it's so cool sounding! :7

[mmonk]

52. LOL. We grew up calling it the Big Z.

[malaise]

67. When we hear that a tropical wave is in the area we grind enough coffee

for ten days.
That we aren't giving up for anything. :D

[Jamastiene]

3. Central NC

It's windy and it rained some this morning. There was some thunder and rain last night. The wind is pretty stiff and the gusts are pretty high for as far away as I am from Irene. So far, so good.

[Tunkamerica]

20. Thunder? I've been up all night and not one hint of thunder in durham

[Jamastiene]

24. I'm about 100 miles south of Durham.

Down in Richmond County, it thundered a couple of times last night. It was literally a couple of times. At that time, there was barely any rain either. We did get some rain this morning though.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Hanging out and waiting for it to get up this way.

Several hours to go!

[gateley]

28. God, the waiting! Gotta be almost as nerve wracking as the

real deal! :pals:

[yardwork]

6. I'm 200 miles inland from where the storm brushed the NC coast - nothing much.

Gusts of wind, a little rain (not as much as we need). The storm is fast-moving, which is good news for the eastern part of the state. Slow moving hurricanes cause terrible flooding inland.

News reports say that the southern beaches are reopening to the public now. The storm is moving past North Carolina.

[gateley]

29. Glad to hear it - I thought I'd heard that it was especially slow moving

so it's good that it seemed to have picked up its pace. And NC gets hammered TOO OFTEN, so it's good this was RELATIVELY mild. :hi:

[gateley]

7. Thanks for checking in! Hoping to hear similar reports as

it moves up the Coast! :hi:

[zazen]

8. it's clearing out a lot of weak or dead branches here in Cary

I wouldn't take a stroll outside. It feels like Fran cut in half.

I haven't seen a car go by all morning. At least people are staying inside. I'm glad it's happening on a Saturday.

[gateley]

31. Good point about a Saturday. If I remember Cary correctly, there

are lots of trees (well, lots of trees all around there, but my boss lived in Cary in a beautiful, tree-filled(!) sub-division). Hopefully it's almost gone. You guys know what to do and are smart when these occur. :hi:

[yardwork]

9. Thank you for this kind and respectful OP, by the way.

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. +1/ n/t

[gateley]

32. Well we DO care -- I really consider DUers family in a way, so I'm

concerned! And you NCers have to deal with these far too often. :pals:

[DURHAM D]

13. Things are good in Durham.

I live in the forest - no trees down and just a very brief power outage early this am.

My "Welcome" sign blew off the house but did not break. We are very lucky in the Triangle.

[yardwork]

14. Hi Durham D!

:hi:

[DURHAM D]

19. Good mornin' yardwork.

Are you staying in today?

[Tunkamerica]

21. I almost lost the hardhat a cable guy left on my porch months ago. But I saved it.

So no tragedies yet.

[gateley]

34. Excellent! The trees would scare me a lot! nt

[bdamomma]

16. keep safe everyone

New England is due on Sunday. Keep safe again.

[taterguy]

17. No

n/t

[TBF]

25. No? What's wrong? nt

[gateley]

33. Seriously? Are you okay? Or just being the usual contrary

taterguy we've all grown to love?

[taterguy]

65. Yes

[muffin1]

18. Williamsburg, Virginia

VERY gusty wind...not too much rain, just steady and light for now. They just issued a tornado warning for Norfolk, Chesapeake, and VA Beach. :scared:

Thankfully, I'm in a pretty sturdy house - my petsitting client's house (and it has a basement).

Lots o' trees, though!

[gateley]

26. Yeah, I heard/saw someone reporting from VA beach. I know

it's scary - it doesn't take a hurricane to have a tree on the roof or something blow through the window. And like an earthquake, you're sitting there thinking "how long is this going to last"? I'm glad you and your client's pet have each other! :7 :pals:

Hang in there! :hi:

[muffin1]

66. Hey!!!

I was in the middle of replying to you yesterday when the power went out! It's back on already - hopefully, it will stay on.

There was a fair amount of damage to the area, although not to the house where I'm staying. There is a tree on our home in Barhamsville, though it's more "leaning" on it - it didn't crash through.

Sadly, some were killed on the Peninsula - one was an 11 year old boy who was taking a nap with his mother, when a tree came through the ceiling. Heartbreaking.

[jimlup]

37. My Dad is current in the eye of Irene

It is directly over his house at this moment. I'm calling to see...

[gateley]

39. Hope you're able to get through - let us know! Is he a veteran

of these?

[jimlup]

41. Yes - that's why I was unable to talk him into evacuating

Just talking with him on the phone. The winds are ok but he is worried about the flooding which he said was the worst he'd ever seen.

[gateley]

42. That's interesting. From the "winds being okay" I assume EVERYTHING

is pretty much okay. Hope he escapes damage. Glad he's all right (if stubborn!).

[rocktivity]

40. The sky is getting wicked dark near Newark NJ

I'm going to run out and get one more gallon of water and some extra cash. I bought food yesterday, and had to make three stops before I had enough batteries.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[gateley]

43. Good thinking! And you can always use water and cash and batteries!

Take care! :hi:

[ellenrr]

55. people haven't been talking about Newark much, but it looks like it is right in the path. n/t

[maxrandb]

44. VA Beach here

Lot of rain and wind, but not too bad at the moment. Expect the worst to hit us around 6PM. Some minor limbs down in our neighborhood, but we obviously still have power. It seemed to weaken a bit, so it's not as bad as it could have been, but we still have to get through the worst part and then deal with the flooding. Flooding and storm surge will be the main concern.

[gateley]

46. They had some reporting from VA Beach -- you can tell it's

on the way! :7 Please take care and report in to let us know you're okay! :hi:

[nc4bo]

45. Left a message on the insurance company's answering machine.

Besides damage to physical property that wasn't attached to a home, we're all ok! Still windy as hell but getting better every hour.

Stay safe everyone!!

[gateley]

47. OMG! I can't even imagine what that sounded like when all that

stuff was crashing around! So glad YOU'RE okay! :hug:

[nc4bo]

54. Can't even describe the sound - wood, metal, wind blowing, us screaming :wth:?

Thanks! I'm sooooooooo glad it wasn't worse!!

[yardwork]

49. I'm glad that you are ok! I'm surprised at how gusty it still is here in Chapel Hill.

[nc4bo]

56. Yes, it's pretty gusty and you can hear the tree trunks creaking

as they bend with the wind. Those pine trees are so majestic, tall and strong and then you get wind and you start thinking, threatening, too tall to fall and weak.

Hope all is well with you up in Chapel Hill?!

Should be over soon.

[Broderick]

48. Just got done grilling out here in Hampton roads

Some fine food ready to feast on. It's a little breezy and spotty rain but not bad for a summer squall.

[supernova]

50. Between Durham and Hillsborough, NC

Gusty winds, light rain. Power has flickered several times. Other than that we are doing well.

:hi:

[gateley]

57. Keeping our fingers crossed for you! nt

[supernova]

61. Lights out, right after I posted that

we lost power for about an hour and a half. about 3400 homes on Orange County went out, including mine.

Spent a couple of hours at the SO's office to pass the time until the power came back up. Just got home about 20 minutes ago.

[gateley]

63. That wasn't too bad (I say as I sit here dry and with power on the

other side of the country :7). They've been saying power could be out for days, so glad you got off relatively easy!

[mnhtnbb]

58. Chapel Hill here. No power loss at home. Trees blowing like crazy

at 25-35 mph. I can just imagine what it must be like in areas with trees and hurricane force winds.

I was down at the University Mall/Harris Teeter (grocery store) around noon and the power
was out there. Stoplight was out--and people were blowing through without stopping.
That's very dangerous as the rule is 4 way stop when the light is not functioning.

[stuntcat]

59. we don't know what to do except sit at our computers waiting for the power to go off!

teheeee! :D

I guess that might be a while.. if it happens. The yard's starting to flood but luckily we're on a hill so it runs off. The cats are acting like it's any other day.. even these ingrate ferals, they sure are lucky I brought them inside. little losers.

[gateley]

60. I think losing internet access would really be the tipping point

for me -- I'd feel all alone in the world. It's my lifeline! Hoping you keep access. And YOU'RE lucky the cats LET you bring them in! :7

[stuntcat]

62. I'M the one lucky, that's true!

They let me take care of their cute little butts :loveya:

I hope you keep your internet!!! I don't know what we'll do without it.. just twiddle our thumbs and wonder what's going on Out There.

[gateley]

64. I'm on the other side of the country, so no need to worry about me,

but thanks!!

Yeah, your tough talk about the damn cats didn't fool me for a minute. :7